Complex Plasmas as a Model for the Quark-Gluon-Plasma Liquid
Abstract
The quark-gluon plasma, possibly created in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions, is a strongly interacting many-body parton system. By comparison with strongly coupled electromagnetic plasmas (classical and non-relativistic) it is concluded that the quark-gluon plasma could be in the liquid phase. As an example for a strongly coupled plasma, complex plasmas, which show liquid and even solid phases, are discussed briefly. Furthermore, methods based on correlation functions for confirming and investigating the quark-gluon-plasma liquid are presented. Finally, consequences of the strong coupling, in particular a cross section enhancement in accordance with experimental observations at RHIC, are discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0509154,
title = {Complex Plasmas as a Model for the Quark-Gluon-Plasma Liquid},
author = {Markus H. Thoma},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0509154},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
8 pages, 4 figures, contribution to the Quark Matter 2005 proceedings